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Da•vy Jones

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davy jones - the bottom of a sea or ocean
		ocean floor, sea floor, ocean bottom, seabed, sea bottom, Davy Jones's locker, Davy Jones
		bottom, bed a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms"
		abyssal zone the deep sea (2000 meters or more) where there is no light
		continental shelf
		bathyal district, bathyal zone, continental slope the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone
		neritic zone

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davy jones
dā′vi jōnz, n. a sailor's familiar name for the (malignant) spirit of the sea, the devil; hence Davy Jones's locker, of the sea, as the grave of men drowned at sea. [Said by some to be a compound of Duffy, a West Indian spirit name, and Jonah.]

actor
Davy Jones (December 30, 1945-) is a English singer and actor. He was born Manchester, England. His father wanted him to be a jockey, but he wanted to be a performer. He appeared in the television programme, "Coronation Street" and in the London and Broadway versions of "Oliver!". In 1966, he joined The Monkees, a musical group created for a television series of the same name. The series was cancelled in 1968 and the group disbanded in 1970. Jones continues to perform.

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